25 Februar 2004

US Navy to turn cooking oil into Biodiesel

The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) bulletin reported that the US Navy is planning to recycle the Navy’s used cooking oil into biodiesel for use in its diesel vehicles. The Naval Facilities Engineering Service Centre is working with Biodiesel Industries (BI) Inc on the project. According to the NBB, the US Navy is the largest diesel fuel user in the world. BI’s processing unit has a capacity of around 4,500 mt/year.